Jennifer Hayes Clark Contact Information Personal University of Houston Phone: 713.743.3302 Department of Political Science Fax: 713.743.3927 447 Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall jclark10@uh.edu Houston, Texas 77204-3011 Born: October 10, 1980 in Columbus, Ohio Spouse: Stanley Clark, prosecuting attorney, Texas Attorney General and Harris Co. DA Children: Elijah Clark Experience University of Houston, Houston, Texas Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science Research Associate, Center for Public Policy Graduate Placement Coordinator, Department of Political Science 2007 present 2012 present APSA Congressional Fellowship, Washington, D.C. 2008 2009 Project Vote Smart Advisory Board Member 2010 present Education Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 2002 2007 Ph.D. Political Science (Concentration: American Government & Methodology) Dissertation: Majority Party Dominance or Norm of Cooperation? Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Minority Party Influence in Legislative Decision-Making Committee: Gerald C. Wright (Chair), Marjorie Hershey, Michael Ensley and Evan Ringquist University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 1998 2002 B.A. summa cum laude Mathematics and Political Science Academic Interests American Politics: Political Institutions, Legislative Politics, State Politics, Political Parties, Representation, and Health Care Policy Methodology: Multilevel Modeling, Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Network Analysis, Scaling and Dimensional Analysis, and Measurement Theory Book Peer-Reviewed Articles Clark, Jennifer Hayes. Using Rights to Gain Influence: Conditional Minority Party Influence in the 101 U.S. Legislatures. Under Contract with University of Michigan Press. Clark, Jennifer Hayes and R. Lucas Williams (U of H Graduate Student). Parties, Term Limits and Representation in the U.S. States, Forthcoming at American Politics Research Rigby, Elizabeth, Jennifer Hayes Clark, and Stacey Pelika. Party Politics and Enactment of ObamaCare : A Policy-Centered Analysis of Minority Party Involvement. Forthcoming at Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law Clark, Jennifer Hayes and Veronica Caro (U of H Graduate Student). 2013. Multi-member Districts and the Substantive Representation of Women: An Analysis of Legislative Cosponsorship Networks. Politics and Gender 9(1): 1-30. Clark, Jennifer Hayes. 2012. Examining Parties as Procedural Cartels: Evidence from the U.S. States, Legislative Studies Quarterly XXXVII (4): 491-507. McKay, Amy Melissa and Jennifer Hayes Clark. 2009. The Politics of Health Reform: How Political Interests and Preferences Shape Political Strategy, PS: Political Science and Politics 42: 808-811. Clark, Jennifer Hayes, Tracy L. Osborn, Jonathan Winburn, and Gerald C. Wright. 2009. Representation in American Legislatures: The Acquisition and Analysis of State Legislative Roll Call Data, State Politics and Policy Quarterly 9(3): 356-70. Book Chapters Clark, Jennifer Hayes and Gerald C. Wright. Forthcoming in 2014. Differences in party leadership and control among the U.S. House, Senate, and state legislatures, In Marjorie Hershey (ed.), CQ Guide to Political Parties. Washington, DC: CQ Press.
Clark, Jennifer Hayes. 2012. Minority Party Strategies and the Evolution of the Motion to Recommit in the U.S. House, In Jacob Straus (ed.), Party and Procedure in the U.S. Congress. Lexington Books. Clark, Jennifer Hayes. 2008. The United States Congress in a Highly Partisan Era, In The People and American Government, 6th Edition. ed. Kent Tedin. Pearson Publishing. Research in Progress Bagashka, Tanya G. and Jennifer Hayes Clark. Electoral Rules and Legislative Particularism: Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures Revise & Resubmit at American Journal of Political Science Bagashka, Tanya G. and Jennifer Hayes Clark. Electoral Rules and Legislative Organization: An Examination of Committee Autonomy in U.S. State Legislatures, Under Review at Legislative Studies Quarterly Clark, Jennifer Hayes. Party Influence and Roll Rates in U.S. State Legislatures, Under Review at State Politics and Policy Quarterly Zhu, Ling and Jennifer Hayes Clark. Rights Without Access: the Political Context of Rising Social Inequality in Access to Health Care, Under Review at the Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law Clark, Jennifer Hayes and Veronica Caro. Women s Representation from Process to Outcome: An Institutional Theory of Gender and Legislative Decision-making, Under Review at the Journal of Women, Politics and Policy Clark, Jennifer Hayes. Parties, Preferences and Influence in Legislative Decision-making. Clark, Jennifer Hayes. Negative Agenda Control and Minority Party Influence in U.S. State Legislatures. Clark, Jennifer Hayes, Tracy Osborn, Jonathan Winburn and Gerald C. Wright. Gatekeeping Institutions, Preferences and Party Influence in U.S. State Legislatures. Clark, Jennifer Hayes, Stacey Pelika, and Elizabeth Rigby. Identifying Central Actors: A Network Analysis of the 2009-2010 Health Care Reform Debate. Grants Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF): My undergraduate student, Cynthia Milian, will engage in research with me on the influence of term limits on women s state legislative representation, Summer 2013, University of Houston, ($3500) UH Small Grant, Party Discipline in the US States, 2013, University of Houston, ($3000) Provost Undergraduate Research Grants (PURS): went to my undergraduate student Jessica Wahl to engage in research with me on states responses to the Affordable Care Act, 2012, University of Houston, ($1000) Dirksen Center Grant, The Difference Women Make: How Gender Shapes Agenda-Setting and Policy Success in the Contemporary Congress, 2012, ($3250) Small Research Grant, The Personal Vote and Electoral Rules in the American States, with Tanya Georgieva Bagashka, 2011, University of Houston, ($3000) Small Research Grant, Parties, Leaders and Discharge Petitions, 2010, University of Houston, ($3000) Faculty Development Initiative Program (FDIP) Grant, Bringing Congress into the Classroom: A Hybrid, 2009, University of Houston, ($4000) University of Houston New Faculty Grant, Heterogeneity and Representation: Whose Interests are Represented? 2008, ($6000) Honors and Awards University of Houston (2007 ) Nominated for the CQ Press Award for the Best Paper in Legislative Studies at the 2012 American Political Science Association Annual Conference
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Political Research Quarterly, 2011 Society for Political Methodology travel grant, hosted by the University of Iowa, 2010 APSA Congressional Fellowship, 2008-2009 Provost Travel Fund Award, University of Houston, 2007-2008, 2010-2011, 2012-2013 Artinian Award, Southern Political Science Association, Junior Faculty Travel Grant, 2008 Indiana University (2002 2007) Louise McNutt Graduate Fellowship, dissertation writing fellowship for 2006-2007 awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University (full tuition plus stipend) Indiana University Department of Political Science Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Summer 2006: $1000 John Gillespie Scholarship for superior analytical abilities and research skills in positive political theory, mathematical modeling and/or the use of quantitative methods to study politics, Spring 2005: Department of Political Science, Indiana University. High Pass, Qualifying Examination, Indiana University Political Science Indiana University Chancellor s Fellowship, 2002-2007 College of Arts and Sciences Conference Travel Award, Fall 2005 Indiana University Greenborough Award for Travel: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 University of Mississippi (2000 2002) Phi Beta Kappa, 2001 Phi Kappa Phi, 2000 Howerton-Fortenberry Award for excellence in the study of politics, 2002, Department of Political Science Irby C. Nichols Award for excellence in mathematics, 2002, Department of Mathematics Russian First Year Award, 2002, Department of Modern Languages Governor s Award, Top Junior in Political Science, 2001, Department of Political Science Workshops Tools for Text Workshop, June 14-15, 2010 at the University of Washington. Fully-funded by the National Science Foundation, the Society for Political Methodology, and the Center for American Politics at the University of Washington - Seattle. Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM). Washington University-St. Louis. June 12- July 1, 2005. Fully-funded Particpant, Sponsored by National Science Foundation and Weidenbaum Center. Novus Ordo Seclorum: Summer Conference on the American Founding. Park City, Utah. June 4-12, 2005. Fully-funded, Invited Participant, Sponsored by the Liberty Fund. Inter-Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at University of Michigan, Summer 2004 (Courses: Longitudinal Data Analysis and Structural Equations). Summer Institute in Political Psychology, The Ohio State University, Summer 2003. Conference Participation (2008-present) Universal Health Care Policies, Political Exclusion, and the Rising Social Inequality in Access to Health Care: Evidence from the American States, with Ling Zhu. Presented at the 2012 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Womens Representation from Process to Outcomes: An Institutional Theory of Gender and Legislative Decision-making, with Veronica Caro. Presented at the 2013 European Conference on Politics and Gender. Barcelona, Spain. Rights Without Access: The Political Context of Rising Social Inequality in Access to Health Care, with Ling Zhu. To be presented at the 2012 American Political Science Association Conference. New Orleans, LA. The Personal Vote and Particularistic Bills in the American States, with Tanya G. Bagashka. To be presented at the 2012 American Political Science Association Conference. New Orleans, LA. Parties, Preferences and Influence in Legislative Decision-Making. Presented at the 2012 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL. Gender and Representation: The Structure of Gender Cosponsorship Networks, with Veronica Caro Gonzalez. Presented at the 2012 Southern Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, LA. The Personal Vote and Particularistic Bills in the American States, with Tanya G. Bagashka. Presented at the 2011 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL. Gender and Representation: The Structure of Gender Cosponsorship Networks, with Veronica Caro Gonzalez. Presented at the 2011 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL. Don t Let Government Touch My Medicare! How Elite Framing Shapes Public Support for Health Care Reform Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Washington, D.C., September 2-5, 2010. Identifying Central Political Actors: A Network Analysis of the 2009 Health Reform Debate, with Elizabeth Rigby and Stacey Pelika. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 22-25, 2010. Identifying Central Political Actors: A Network Analysis of the 2009 Health Reform Debate, with Elizabeth Rigby and Stacey Pelika. Presented at the Southwest Political Science Association Conference, Houston, Texas, March 31-April 3, 2010. Patterns of Representation in the American States, with Gerald C. Wright, Tracy Osborn and Jonathan Winburn. Presented at the Ninth Annual State Politics and Policy Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, May 22-23, 2009. Dimensions of Comparability: The Influence of Institutional Structure on Voting Behavior in the States, with Tracy Osborn, Jonathan Winburn, and Gerald C. Wright. Presented at the 67th Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 2-5, 2009. Stacking the Deck? Reconsidering the Impact of Institutions and Preferences on Legislative Party Polarization, Presented at the 104th Annual American Political Science Association Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 28-31, 2008. Heterogeneity and Representation: Whose interests are represented? Presented at the 66th Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 10-12, 2008. What determines policy success? Institutions, Preferences, and Legislative Strategy, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 10-12, 2008. Teaching Experience University of Houston (Undergraduate): POLS 3364 Legislative Processes POLS 3370 State Politics University of Houston (Graduate): POLS 6482 Maximum Likelihood Estimation POLS 6394 Multilevel Data Analysis POLS 6364 Legislative Processes & Behavior POLS 6370 State Politics Graduate Readings Course on U.S. State Courts
Graduate Readings Course on Social Network Analysis Indiana University-Bloomington (Undergraduate): Y306 State Politics Y103 Introduction to American Politics Service Executive Council, Legislative Studies Section, American Political Science Association, 2013-2015 Graduate Placement Coordinator, Department of Political Science, University of Houston, 2012- present Presentations on Health Care Reform: Departmental Brownbag (September 2009), Community Health ReForum (August 2009), University of Houston (October 2009), University of Saint Thomas (October 2009), Faculty Senate Forum (April 2010) Dissertaton Committee Chair for: Bianca Easterly (2013 Ph.D., tenure-track Asst. Prof. Lamar University-Fall 2013) Anjali Kanojia (in progress) Christopher Akujuobi (prospectus stage) Dissertation Committee Member for: George Hawley (2012 Ph.D., tenure-track Asst. Prof University of Alabama-Fall 2013) Robert Coghlan (2012 Ph.D., Chief Nursing Officer for Emerus Hospital) Mike Castro (2012 Ph.D., City Manager of Jersey Village) Nathan Hosey (2012 Ph.D., South Texas College (McAllen, TX)-Fall 2012) Michelle Belco (2013 Ph.D.) Gary Catt (2013 Ph.D., Program Manager at Defense Contract Audit Agency) John Jackson (in progress) Marina Lacalle (in progress) Matthew Lang (in progress) Andrea Eckelman (in progress) Graduate Comprehensive Exams Committee Member: (2009) Jon Cooper, Nathan Hosey, Anjali Kanojia, Marina Lacalle, Scott Robinson; (2010) Michelle Belco, Heather Campbell, Mike Castro, Gary Catt, George Hawley; (2011) Bianca Easterly and David Llanos; (2013) Andrea Eckelman and Christopher Akujuobi Key Issues Advisor for Project Vote Smart (www.vote-smart.org/) Chair, Legislative Behavior Panel, Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2-5, 2009. Discussant, Lobbyists and Legislatures and Legislative Rules II: The Choice of Rule Panels, Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 10-12, 2008. Discussant, Legislators and Governors and Where s the Party? Identifying the Influence of Party in Governance Panels, Southern Political Science Association Conference, January 10-12, 2008. Panelist, Political Science in Your Future? Compare and contrast: The J.D. vs. the M.A./Ph.D. in Political Science. Organized by the UH Political Science Graduate Office, February 8, 2008. Panelist, Graduate Student ization Series Talk on Research Methods, Organized by UH Political Science Graduate Student Association, October 15, 2007. Department of Political Science, University of Houston, Faculty Recruitment Committee (American Politics), 2010-2011, 2011-2012, (Latino Politics) Spring 2012, 2012-2013 Department of Political Science, University of Houston, Undergraduate Committee, 2010-2011 Department of Political Science, University of Houston, Graduate Committee, 2007-2008, 2011-2012 Department of Political Science, University of Houston, Technology Committee, 2007-present Occasional Manuscript Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Research, American Political Science Review, Congress & the Presidency, Congressional Quarterly
Press, Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, McGraw-Hill, Oxford University Press, Perspectives on Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Routledge Press, Sage Press, Social Science Quarterly, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, Wadsworth Press. Memberships References American Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association Midwest Women s Caucus for Political Science Southern Political Science Association Available Upon Request.